Maggie Fritz-Morkin
@emeffem.bsky.social
Medievalist/ italianist/ tennist, associate prof UNC-Chapel Hill, Boccaccio, prose and other cons. Up with the stars
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Among the things that bother me about Vermeule is that he's American aristocracy, and I'm from nowhere and nothing, and I believe in democracy and he doesn't. I'm a product of postwar commitment to high-quality mass education. He's a rich parochial stooge of inherited stooginess.
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Among the things that bother me about Vermeule is that he's American aristocracy, and I'm from nowhere and nothing, and I believe in democracy and he doesn't. I'm a product of postwar commitment to high-quality mass education. He's a rich parochial stooge of inherited stooginess.
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What does Harvard Divinity School know that I don’t
December 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What does Harvard Divinity School know that I don’t
After saying absolutely not for 6 months, I said yes to the slushie robot and we had an amazing pop-up slushie bar for friends and neighbors
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
After saying absolutely not for 6 months, I said yes to the slushie robot and we had an amazing pop-up slushie bar for friends and neighbors
‘TIS THE FUCKING SEASON!!
My year-end gift, a booklet annual of poems titled Malebolge, is printing this week and will mail soon.
In the ancient tradition of vituperatio, the poem of blame or censure, these little poems are a bit bawdy, a bit nasty, but good fun. Sharp darts aimed at public figures who deserve the shame.
In the ancient tradition of vituperatio, the poem of blame or censure, these little poems are a bit bawdy, a bit nasty, but good fun. Sharp darts aimed at public figures who deserve the shame.
December 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
‘TIS THE FUCKING SEASON!!
Why didn’t I immediately respond with this one: when I first got to UNC, an amazing librarian reached out to tell me about a trove of ~250 uncatalogued Italian manuscripts that had been sitting in Special Collections for a century…
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Why didn’t I immediately respond with this one: when I first got to UNC, an amazing librarian reached out to tell me about a trove of ~250 uncatalogued Italian manuscripts that had been sitting in Special Collections for a century…
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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I know disciplinary standards differ, but I've been at this for decades and I've never cited a paper I didn't read. Didn't like, sure; didn't understand, often; kind of drifted off in the middle there, it happens. But didn't read at all? Nah. Come on.
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I know disciplinary standards differ, but I've been at this for decades and I've never cited a paper I didn't read. Didn't like, sure; didn't understand, often; kind of drifted off in the middle there, it happens. But didn't read at all? Nah. Come on.
The Kennedy Center
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The Kennedy Center
Hello I’d like to record a death
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hello I’d like to record a death
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
It’s horrible
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It’s horrible
Nobody’s basilisk
December 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Nobody’s basilisk
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had fun showing off our Friedrich II charter (1226! with seal!), and to none other than @proflroach.bsky.social today!
December 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
had fun showing off our Friedrich II charter (1226! with seal!), and to none other than @proflroach.bsky.social today!
Eternally doomscrolling on this hellsite*
*forum for Dante scholarship
*forum for Dante scholarship
This site is pretty mid*
*Middlemarch-pilled
*Middlemarch-pilled
If “dicking around” means “Moby-Dick jokes” then yes that is why I primarily post on text-based social media
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Eternally doomscrolling on this hellsite*
*forum for Dante scholarship
*forum for Dante scholarship
What’s more pathetic than turning your malignant narcissism up to 11 on the person who invented 11
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What’s more pathetic than turning your malignant narcissism up to 11 on the person who invented 11
Chatting with a friend who’s experiencing her first active shooter lockdown, as someone who has already experienced an active shooter lockdown
This peer-to-peer mentorship is BULLSHIT
This peer-to-peer mentorship is BULLSHIT
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Chatting with a friend who’s experiencing her first active shooter lockdown, as someone who has already experienced an active shooter lockdown
This peer-to-peer mentorship is BULLSHIT
This peer-to-peer mentorship is BULLSHIT
I’m generally a holiday deadbeat but this morning I made 90 florentines, come and get ‘em
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m generally a holiday deadbeat but this morning I made 90 florentines, come and get ‘em
I have loved playing on recreational USTA teams & it’s painful to give it up. But I wouldn’t swim at a segregated pool, so
It would be great if local parks and rec departments could set up a portal for coordinating teams and matches, instead of just linking to USTA
slate.com/life/2025/12...
It would be great if local parks and rec departments could set up a portal for coordinating teams and matches, instead of just linking to USTA
slate.com/life/2025/12...
The Disgraceful New Rule in Women’s Tennis
50 years of progress undone, just like that.
slate.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I have loved playing on recreational USTA teams & it’s painful to give it up. But I wouldn’t swim at a segregated pool, so
It would be great if local parks and rec departments could set up a portal for coordinating teams and matches, instead of just linking to USTA
slate.com/life/2025/12...
It would be great if local parks and rec departments could set up a portal for coordinating teams and matches, instead of just linking to USTA
slate.com/life/2025/12...
Don’t forget the humanities. You don’t want to end up like your downstairs neighbor
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Don’t forget the humanities. You don’t want to end up like your downstairs neighbor
My newly minted ITAL 130 alums
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My newly minted ITAL 130 alums
Cognitive exams “in front of a large number of doctors and experts who I don’t know”?
Sir those are witnesses
Sir those are witnesses
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cognitive exams “in front of a large number of doctors and experts who I don’t know”?
Sir those are witnesses
Sir those are witnesses
Last time I took multiple cognitive exams I was a medical actor performing psych cases for med students to practice on 🤔
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Last time I took multiple cognitive exams I was a medical actor performing psych cases for med students to practice on 🤔
Is it even a midlife crisis if you’re not sweaty for Bach on a new instrument
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Is it even a midlife crisis if you’re not sweaty for Bach on a new instrument